In the northeast corner of the Great Zhou Empire, there is a Yingzhou, north of the city of Yingzhou inhabited by the Khitan Dahe nomadic tribe, they usually live by animal husbandry, hunting, and migrate to find a place with abundant water and grass to live.

In the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, the leader of the Khitan tribe, Dahe Cave Brother, worshiped the Khan and requested to be attached to the Tang Dynasty. Tian Khan set up the Governor of Songmo, appointed Brother Dahe as the Governor of Songmo, and the military governor of the ten states, and gave him the surname Li. By the time of the vertical arch, the Khitan tribe had expanded to 17 states.

After Wu Cao changed the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, he appointed the young and strong Zhao Wenhui as the governor of Yingzhou, responsible for supervising the Khitan and Xi people. At this time, the leader of the Khitan Dahe tribal alliance was Li Quanzhong, the governor of Songmo, who was the grandson of Dahe Cave Brother, 29 years older than Zhao Wenhui, and his brother-in-law was Sun Wanrong, the assassin of Guicheng Prefecture, who was 5 years younger than him.

Zhao Wenhui has read poetry and books since he was a child, both civil and military, and after coming to Yingzhou to take office, he often inspected the various departments of the grassland, and saw that they did not read poetry and books, but specialized in hunting, liked to fight and drink, and the folk customs were rough and tough!

Moreover, the custom of the various departments of the grassland is that the son steps the father and wife, and the brother marries the brother and sister-in-law, which is completely inconsistent with the etiquette of the Central Plains and violates the three etiquettes of Confucianism! Zhao Wenhui therefore looked down on them and regarded them as uncivilized barbarians.

In the spring of the first year of Long Live Tongtian, there were serious natural disasters in the pine desert area, the grain and grass were not harvested, there was a famine of people and animals, and the Khitan people were living in difficulty.

Li Qianzhong didn't build a granary, didn't store grain, what should he do? He went to Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, for help and asked for a warehouse to be given.

Zhao Wenhui looked disdainful and said: "There is no free lunch in the world!" Immediately send 1,000 sheep and 300 oxen and 200 horses, and I will open the granary and give you some grain. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the governor of Pontus to obey his fate! ”

Li Quanzhong said: "People are dying of hunger, how can there be cattle, sheep and horses to send each other?" If you want to send it, you have to wait until after the giveaway, and when you recover, it's not too late to send it. ”

Zhao Wenhui waved his hand and said, "Then please go back and send off the guests!" ”

Li Qianzhong left in embarrassment, and heard Zhao Wenhui say from a distance: "This group of barbarians, it's better to starve to death, save waste of food!" I was suddenly indignant.

Back at the Governor's Mansion, Li Quanzhong immediately consulted with Sun Wanrong to discuss countermeasures.

Sun Wanrong said: "Zhao Wenhui, this kid doesn't respect his elders, he despises us for a long time, he has bullied us Khitan people many times, the Khitan people have been dissatisfied with him for a long time, as long as his brother-in-law gives an order, he will inevitably gather!" ”

Li Qianzhong nodded, he was 61 years old this year, he was sick, and he knew that his days were numbered, rather than die in bed, it was better to rise up and export evil anger for the Khitans!

Thinking of this, Li Quanzhong convened a meeting of his staff and subordinates to discuss.

The result of the discussion was to rebel, capture Yingzhou, and open a warehouse to transport grain! However, the army should nominally support Li Tang and oppose Wu Zhou, and respect the king of Luling, which is easy to win people's hearts.

On 12 May, Li Qianzhong and Sun Wanrong raised troops to attack Yingzhou, shouting and killing to the sky.

Zhao Wenhui didn't know beforehand, and he was still eating mutton, drinking wine, and watching courtesans dance in the Governor's Mansion. After receiving the urgent report, Zhao Wenhui was shocked and hurriedly summoned soldiers and horses to garrison the city, and the Khitans had already landed in the city.

Zhao Wenhui wielded a horizontal knife on the city wall and slashed bravely, but there were more and more enemies attacking the city wall, Zhao Wenhui was invincible, and suddenly hit a cold arrow, fell from the city wall and fell to his death.

The Yingzhou stagecoach galloped south to report the emergency, and the military emergency report was soon transmitted to Youzhou and Luoyang.

Li Quanzhong quickly captured Yingzhou, captured hundreds of officers and soldiers, imprisoned them in dungeons, and then opened the granary to help the victims, proclaimed himself the Supreme Khan, and occupied Yingzhou.

The Supreme Khan appointed Sun Wanrong as a general, and he was invincible. He also posted a document and posted it everywhere, shouting loudly: "Why don't you return to my King Luling!" ”

After receiving the message, the Khitan tribes responded to the call and went to Yingzhou to defect to the Supreme Khan, and the number of troops reached tens of thousands within ten days, and they were known as 100,000 troops to the outside world.

Sun Wanrong led his army to attack Zhenzhou and captured the Longshan army to attack the deputy envoy Xu Qinxi. He took advantage of the victory to march to encircle Danzhou, but was repelled by Zhang Jiujie, the deputy head of the former army of the Qing Border.

Wu Cao, the first sister in the world, was in Tongtian Palace, and when she heard the urgent report of the military situation in Yingzhou, she suddenly shed tears and said: "I am also pitiful, I finally built the Vientiane Shrine before ascending the throne, but it was destroyed by the hands of Ah Shi. This time, the Tongtian Palace has just been built, and someone is about to come to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace! Could it be that I have lost my sanctity and warned from heaven? Please civil and military attachés above the ninth grade to talk about the gains and losses of current politics! ”

Liang Wang Wu Sansi, Nayan Yao Xuan, Li Daoguang, the palace supervisor, and Sinong Shaoqing Ma Renjie all made speeches, analyzed the gains and losses, comforted Wu Cao, and analyzed the enemy's situation.

After discussion, 28 generals, including Zhang Xuanyu, the general of the Right Jinwuwei, Li Duozuo, the general of the Left Weiwei, Cao Renshi, the general of the Left Yingyangwei, and Ma Renjie, the Shaoqing of Sinong, were dispatched to attack the rebels in Yingzhou.

On 11 July, Wu Cao ordered Chunguan Shangshu and Liang Wang Wu Sansi to be the ambassadors of Yuguan Province to pacify the country, and Nayan Yao Xuan to be the deputy ambassadors, and stationed troops in Shengzhou to prepare for the response. At that time, the military book was filled in and moved back and forth, and it was called the rebellion of Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong.

Wu Cao said: "The rebel is still called Duzhong, and the rebellious is still called Wanrong, this is praise and criticism!" "The edict changed Li Quanzhong to Li Duan, and Sun Wanrong beheaded Sun Wan.

This is Wu Cao's unique text curse method, does the text curse method have any effect? Anyway, in the end, those who changed their evil surnames or bad names died early, and it seems that it did have an effect.

Sun Wan besieged the Anton Protectorate and ordered the captive Xu Qinlin to go to the city to persuade him to surrender. Anton Du escorted Pei Xuanqi to dispatch in the city, and Xu Qinshan shouted loudly: "The mad thief is in trouble, and he will be destroyed in the morning and night, Pei Gong only needs to encourage the soldiers to observe the festival of full loyalty, don't care about my life or death!" Pei Xuanqi bowed his hat to him.

Sun Wan was furious and slashed Xu Qinlian. The first sister was shocked to hear the bad news, and gave Xu Qin the history of Qizhou Thorn, and awarded her son Xu Fuqian as the left prison guard and Haidong consolation envoy.

In August, the officers and soldiers marched to Youzhou and stationed there. Sun Wanchu and his generals He Axiao, Li Kaigu, and Luo Wuquan discussed countermeasures, and Li Kaigu said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Beginning of the Plan has a saying: A soldier is also a trick. Therefore, it can be shown that it cannot be used, and it is not used to show it, and it is unprepared and unexpected. I am weak and strong, and I must be carefully designed to win! ”

He Axiao shouted: "I don't read much, just go into battle and kill the enemy desperately, and leave all the plans and designs to the brother!" Li Kaigu slowly expressed his thoughts, and Luo Wuquan and Sun Wanchu supplemented and perfected them, forming a set of plans to lure the enemy deep and eliminate the officers and soldiers.

Sun Wanchu first sent a prison guard to deceive the officers and soldiers imprisoned in the dungeon prisoners, saying: "Our family members are in a predicament of hunger and cold, and cannot survive, so they only hope that the officers and soldiers will come early to liberate us, and they will surrender as soon as they come." ”

Then he released the prisoners of officers and soldiers out of the dungeon, gave them chaff porridge to express his condolences, and said: "I have no food for you, and I can't bear to kill you, so I simply let you go back today!" "After saying that, they were all released.

The captives returned to Youzhou and reported in detail what they had seen and heard, and when the officers and generals heard about it, they all rushed to seize the advanced army so that they could make their first contributions, completely forgetting the teachings of "The Art of War".

On August 28, the generals of the official army arrived at the Huangzhang Valley in Xikip Shi, and sure enough, they saw the surrender of the old and weak Khitan family members, and there were old cattle and thin horses on the roadside.

Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu, Ma Renjie and other generals were very happy, thinking that the Khitans were honest and trustworthy, so they left the infantry to guard the spoils of war and led the cavalry to advance rashly.

He Axiao, Luo Wuquan and others had already set up an ambush in Huangzhang Valley to wait for work, and when they saw the official army entering the ambush circle, they sent troops to attack.

The horses of the officers and soldiers were frightened, neighed and galloped, and rushed into the multi-layered triphorse ropes preset by Li Kaigu, and the cavalry fell off their horses one after another and were killed or captured alive by the Khitan infantry.

Cao Renshi, Zhang Xuanyu, Ma Renjie and other generals were all captured alive by Li Kaigu's rope, and the dead bodies of the officers and soldiers filled the valley, and few people were able to escape.

Sun Wanchu found military seals from Zhang Xuanyu and other prisoners, forged the book, ordered Zhang Xuanyu and others to sign it, and sent troops to send troops to Yan Bandit Shi, Zong Huaichang and others, the head of the rear army.

The gist of the content of the book is: The officers and soldiers have broken the thieves, and if they do not rush to Yingzhou quickly, the generals will be beheaded, and the soldiers will not be honored.

Yan Bandit Shi, Zong Huaichang and others saw that there was a military seal and signature on the book, and they no longer doubted it, and immediately led the army to travel day and night, and they couldn't even take care of eating and sleeping, and the soldiers and horses were very tired.

He Axiao set up an ambush and raided on the way, killing Yan Bandit Shi, Zong Huaichang and other official troops.

When the news of the defeat in the Battle of Huangzhang Valley came, the dynasty was shocked!

The first sister of the world was annoyed and angry, and said: "The brave and warlike people among the prisoners and slaves in the world will be redeemed by the government, exempted from slavery, and sent to the line of fire to attack the Khitan!" ”

He also ordered the states near the east of Taihang Mountain to set up military cavalry regiments, with Tongzhou Assassin Shi and Jian'an Wang Wu Youyi as the general of the right military Weiwei, as the general of the border road march, and the right to pick up the relics Chen Ziang as the staff officer of the military government to crusade against the Khitan.

Chen Ziang Shangshu said: "The grace system to redeem the sinners of the world to fight against the Khitan is a convenient emergency plan, not the soldiers of the Son of Heaven, which damages the country in general, and cannot threaten the world!" Moreover, in recent years, the prisons have been clear, the sinners are scarce, and most of the officials and slaves are cowardly and unaccustomed to levy, which is not of sufficient use. Today's loyal warriors are not really used. ”

The first sister didn't accept it, Chen Ziang called out in vain, and followed Wu Youyi to garrison Yuyang County, Jizhou.

Then, Chen Ziang was full of enthusiasm for serving the country with loyalty, and offered advice to Wu Youyi many times, but he was not adopted, but was demoted.

One night, the wind was light and the clouds were light, the bright moon was shining, Chen Ziang climbed the north tower of the thistle, independent of the sky, lonely and frustrated, hanging the past and hurting the present, and groaned generously and sadly: "I don't see the ancients before, and I don't see the people who come after." Thinking of the world and the world, I am alone and crying! "Express the grief and indignation of being depressed for a long time.

In fact, the first sister gave Chen Ziang a lot of opportunities to perform, but he, like Wang Qiuli, pursued etiquette and morality too much and could not be applied to the world, sleek and flexible!

His thinking pattern is too small, and he doesn't understand that the first sister is playing a big game of chess, she wants to use the opportunity to sweep away the chaos to let the kings of the Wu clan make contributions, consolidate the Wu Zhou regime, and pave the way for the establishment of the heirs of the Wu clan in the future!

After Sun Wan's military victory, he led his army to attack Pingzhou, but he was pinned down by Wu Youyi's heavy troops and did not dare to act rashly. Luo Wu attacked Danzhou all night, but was repelled by Zhang Jiujie. The Khitan and the Great Zhou sides entered a phase of stalemate.

At this time, the Turks silently saw that the northeast was in full swing, and their own limelight was stolen by the Khitan, and they became melon-eating masses who did not know the truth.

Sirp silently: I can't just watch it, I have to take the opportunity to rub some oil and make some noise, so as not to be marginalized by my friends.

On September 18, the Turkic Mo Si led tens of thousands of horses to rush to the city of Liangzhou with great interest. At that time, Xu Qinming, the governor of Liangzhou, led the troops to practice outside the city, and suddenly encountered Mo Si, rushed to the battle, and was captured by Mo Si. Xu Qinming is Xu Qinl's younger brother, poor brothers!

The little friend Tubo was not willing to be lonely, and sent an envoy to Luoyang to ask for peace, and Wu Cao sent Guo Yuanzhen, the right military guard, to join the army, Guo Yuanzhen, to Tubo for investigation. The Tibetan general on Qinling asked the imperial court to dismiss the garrison of the four towns of Anxi, and asked to share the land of the ten Turks. The court hesitated.

Guo Yuanzhen analyzed and said: If there is no will to invade the east of Qinling, it should be returned to my Tuyuhun tribes and Qinghai's hometown, the four towns and ten surnames of Anxi have been attached to our country for a long time, if they are cut off, I am afraid that they will hurt the hearts of the countries, and they will not be able to resist the four yi!

He also said: The people of Tibet are tired of conquest and labor, and they have long been willing to make peace, but the Qinling wants to lead the army through conquest and autocracy, and is unwilling to return the money alone. If the state sends envoys and personal envoys every year, the Qinling will inevitably not obey the fate, and the people of the other country will complain about the Qinling Tomb and hope that the country's favor is getting worse. In the long run, it can make Tubo guess and block, and the chaos will be revived!

Wu Cao thought so deeply and praised Guo Yuanzhen.

On September 21, Li Wan died of a serious illness, and when he was finally destroyed, Sun Wan beheaded the acting Khan and commanded the Khitan tribes. However, the news of Li Duan's death was not known to the Great Zhou until October.

The courtiers congratulated Wu Cao and said, "Your Majesty changed the name of the traitor, and the ministers cursed the name every day, and it is really effective today!" Haha......"

Wu Cao replied with a smile: "Some things belong to the category of heaven and man induction, and science can't explain it, so I have to sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven and earth every year, pray for the protection of the gods, and prosper forever!" "Long live the courtiers.

Turkic Mo Si saw that Tubo and Da Zhou were intimate, very jealous, and thought of a way to join in the fun, and sent a messenger to Luoyang to ask to be Wu Cao's son, that is, to hold the thigh of the first sister and shout mother! He also proposed for his daughter, returned the Hexi household, and promised his son that he was willing to crusade against the Khitan for his mother!

Since someone insisted on running over and hugging his thigh as a son, Wu Cao couldn't refuse, so he sent Yan Zhiwei, the general of Zuobao Taowei, and Zuo Weilang to return to the Turkic canon, conferring Mo Si as the general of Zuowei and the Khan of Qianshan.

Seeing the arrival of the Great Zhou envoy from afar, Mo Si was very happy, Pegasus greeted him, treated each other with wine and meat, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.

Sun Wan gathered the forces of the Khitan tribes, and the army grew again, and he sent Luo Wuquan and He Axiao as the vanguard, captured Jizhou, killed Jizhou assassin Lu Baoji, and slaughtered thousands of officials and residents.

In November, the Khitan captured Yingzhou County, and Hebei was shaken.

Since the Turkic Mo Si became the son of a sister, of course he had to behave, taking advantage of the opportunity of Sun Wan's all-out attack on Jizhou and Yingzhou, he led his troops to suddenly attack the Khitan Laochao Desert area, capturing Li Duan's wife and Sun Wan's wife.

The first sister entered Baimo to sip for the fall of the Jie, the great single Yu, and the Khan who made meritorious contributions to the country.

At this time, the first sister promoted two ministers of social affairs who were beneficial to Li Tang to appease the chaos: Peng Ze made Di Renjie the assassin of Weizhou, and promoted Yao Yuanchong among the Xia Guanlang to be the Xia Guanlang.

Di Renjie enforces the law fairly, is good at adjudicating cases, and cares for the people, and has won the hearts of the people. When Yao Yuanchong was very busy with military affairs, he filled in the military documents of the commission, and he was able to analyze them fluently, in an orderly manner, which made the first sister admire!

Wu Cao sent Wang Xiaojie, the chief governor of Qingbian Province, and Su Honghui, the deputy governor, to lead 170,000 troops to conquer the Khitan.

On March 12, the second year of Long Live Tongtian, Wang Xiaojie and Su Honghui met with Sun Wan's main force in the East Kip Stone Valley.

Wang Xiaojie was anxious to make meritorious service, he didn't know that there was fraud, and continued to pursue bravely, but Su Honghui suspected fraud and hesitated. Wang Xiaojie chased to the front of the cliff, Sun Wan slashed back the troops to counterattack, Wang Xiaojie fell off the cliff and died, and the forward soldiers died. Su Honghui saw that the situation was not good, and led his troops to retreat.

Guan Ji Zhang said that he hurried to Luoyang to report the emergency military situation, and said to Wu Cao: "Wang Xiaojie was loyal to the brave death, dedicated to the country, went deep into the enemy's territory, and had fewer enemies and more enemies, but because the backup did not arrive, he was defeated. ”

Wu Cao posthumously presented Wang Xiaojie as Xia Guanshangshu and Geng Guogong, and worshiped his son Wang Wuxuan as the doctor of Chaosan. sent an envoy to the army to kill Su Honghui to correct military discipline. But the envoy has not yet arrived in Youzhou, and Su Honghui has already made meritorious service to atone for his sins.

After Sun Wan defeated Wang Xiaojie, he built a city four hundred miles northwest of Liucheng, resettled the old and weak women, left the captured weapons and assets, and sent his brother-in-law Yi Yiyu to stay behind, and led his elite soldiers to invade Youzhou.

Wu Youyi's army was in Yuyang County, not far from Dongkip Stone Valley, and when he heard that Wang Xiaojie was defeated, the army was terrified and did not dare to go to the rescue. The Khitan army took advantage of the victory to attack Youzhou, captured nearby cities, and plundered the people.

The enemy came to the door, and Wu Youyi couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he had to send his generals to attack, but he didn't overcome it.

On May 8, the imperial court led 200,000 troops to defeat Sun Wan, with the right Jin Wuwei general and Hanoi Wang Wu Yizong as the chief administrator, Lou Shide as the deputy general and the right Wu Weiwei general Sha Zha Zhongyi as the former army in charge.

Wu Yizong led the army to Zhaozhou, and when he heard that the Khitan general Luo Wuquan's thousands of cavalry would arrive in Jizhou, he was so frightened that he wanted to flee to the south. The staff said: "Luo Wuquan has no baggage, relying on looting for supplies, if the troops refuse to defend, they will inevitably disintegrate and disperse, and then take the opportunity to attack, which can make great contributions!" ”

Wu Yizong could not listen to the correct opinion, so he was stubborn and self-serving, retreated to Xiangzhou, and discarded a large number of military supplies and weapons and honor guards. Luo Wuquan took the opportunity to attack Zhaozhou and loot and slaughter the city.

Fearing that the Turkic Ashinamosi would attack his rear, Sun Wanchu sent five men to negotiate in the Black Sands. Three people arrived first and said to Mo Si: "We have defeated Wang Xiaojie's million-strong army, and the official army is frightened, please take advantage of the victory with the Khan to take Youzhou." Mo Si was very happy and gave them the red robe.

When the two arrived, they were furious, and blamed them for their delay and wanted to kill them. They said, "Listen to what we say, and then die!" "Listen silently. The two reported the true situation and military strength of the Khitan, which was really an egg hitting a stone compared to the Great Zhou.

Mo Si suddenly realized, killed the first three and rewarded the last two with scarlet robes, and ordered the two to be guides to attack the new city northwest of Liucheng. Before the army set off, kill Xu Qinming, the governor of Liangzhou, to sacrifice to the sky!

After only three days of siege of Xincheng, the Turks conquered the city, captured the Khitans, and rode out of the city on horseback, reporting the news of the loss of Sun Wan's new city.

At that time, Sun Wanzhuzheng was at a standstill with the official army, and suddenly heard the news of the loss of the new city, and the army was afraid and uneasy, his mother, wife, and children were gone, who else was fighting for?

The Xi people took the lead in the rebellion, secretly contacted the officials and soldiers, and met to attack the Khitan.

When it came to the appointed date, Yang Xuanji, the head of the Divine Soldier Dao, attacked the Khitan front army, and Xi soldiers attacked the Khitan rear army, flanking the front and back, and capturing the Khitan general He Axiao.

Sun Wan's army was defeated, and he fled eastward with thousands of light cavalry, and Zhang Jiujie, the former commander of the army, sent troops to invite an attack on the way.

On June 30, Sun Wan's cavalry also broke up, and fled with a few domestic slaves to the east of Lushui, where they rested under the woods. Sun Wanzu sighed: "If you want to surrender to the Great Zhou today, the sin is already great, and the surrender to the Turks is also death, and the surrender to Silla is also death." Where else can we go? ”

The house slaves looked at each other, took advantage of his unpreparedness, cut off his head and surrendered to Zhang Jiujie. Sun Wan's head was sent to Luoyang and hung on the door of the Sifang Pavilion for public display. The remnants of the Khitan and the Xi surrendered to the Turks.

In September, Wu Cao held a sacrificial ceremony in Tongtian Palace, reported to heaven and earth to quell the rebellion of Khitan Li and Sun Wan, announced an amnesty for the world, changed the yuan to a divine skill, and drank for seven days.

In the process of quelling the rebellion in Yingzhou, the performance of the kings of the Wu clan was very poor, cowardly and incompetent, timid and mediocre, not enough to entrust the world with great affairs! He treats the people of the grass and wilderness but is bold, cruel and murderous, and careless of human life. Therefore, Wu Cao's attitude towards the issue of establishing an heir has changed.

The rebellion in Yingzhou made Wu Cao realize the shortcomings of Wu Zhou's rule: the kings of the Wu clan were not popular with the people, and the people's hearts were still to Li Tang.

If the Wu family is really allowed to inherit her throne, in the case of internal strife and external invasion, she will soon lose the temple, and it is not sure if there is a sign of her aunt in this martial family temple!

So Wu Cao finally figured it out, no matter what, she can't pass on the throne to the Wu family, she can only pass the throne to her son! So the next thing to do, of course, is to appease Li Tang's old ministers, take back his son and abandon the cool officials!